| Project by Peter O | posted 359 days ago | 647 views | 2 times favorited | 23 comments | ![]() |
A repeat client came to me with a magazine image of an armoire and asked for a similar piece – designed and sized to fit a specific space at the front entry of the client’s 100+ year old home (for those of you on the East coast, 100 years old is a really old house in Idaho!). Construction is of quartersawn white oak and quartersawn white oak ply. The stylized peacock feather design was selected by the client and hand-painted on the larger door panels. The glass was cut and leaded by a local glass artisan.
Is there any better compliment than a repeat client?
-- Coffee is best with a fine layer of sawdust on top. -- http://www.north40custom.com
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23 comments so far
Thos. Angle
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posted 359 days ago
Very nice and it is nice to have repeat customers
-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon
SPalm
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posted 359 days ago
Nice period piece. I love arts and crafts. Did you fume it? How did you find hanging those really tall doors?
Peacock is not one of your keywords :)
Steve
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CharlieM1958
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posted 359 days ago
Very nice work!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
daveintexas
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posted 359 days ago
Very,very nice work. Repeat clients means your doing something real good!! White oak is one of my favorite woods to work with.
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TomFran
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posted 359 days ago
Beautiful cabinet!
-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28
relic
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posted 359 days ago
Thats a nice looking armoire
-- Andy Stark
mot
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posted 359 days ago
Beautiful!
-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)
Peter O
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posted 359 days ago
Thanks for all the positive comments!
Steve – I didn’t fume this … I considered it for about two seconds! I used a sanding sealer to keep the deeper grain from getting a lot darker than the surface, then applied an off-the-shelf stain. The top coats are hand-rubbed wax (almost three pounds of it!) with additional stain between a couple of the early coats to darken some of the nooks and crannies. Actually, the doors weren’t too bad to hang. I cut the hinge mortises in the face-frames and doors before assembly so I be sure they lined up, then I used a loose hinge to mark and drill all my holes. To hang the doors, I set a box in front of the case and set the door on it with a couple of shims to get the right height.
-- Coffee is best with a fine layer of sawdust on top. -- http://www.north40custom.com
schroeder
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posted 359 days ago
Beautiful!
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Sawdust2
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posted 359 days ago
Subtle.
-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.
Dorje
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posted 359 days ago
I’m in the “I LIKE IT!” camp!
-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA
cheller
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posted 357 days ago
Looks great. The details really make the piece.
-- Chelle http://artsgranddaughter.blogspot.com
PanamaJack
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posted 357 days ago
Great woodworking. Great job, thanks for sharing it with us.
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Todd A. Clippinger
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posted 354 days ago
DANG! You do some nice work man!
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cajunpen
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posted 341 days ago
Simply beautiful!
-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/
Andy
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posted 336 days ago
This is well balanced for a large piece. I like how the small lites add a special touch to the design,but also how they break up the front.They add that much needed negative space,which lightens the overall feel visually. Also,the crown molding was a good choice,not too big or fancy….it doesnt detract from the piece. Thumbs up on the wood,my favorite for furniture.
Very well done!
-- " Stubborn tenacity substitutes for natural ability" ANDY
gizmodyne
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posted 336 days ago
This is very well done. Love the details and natural color.
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gizmodyne
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posted 269 days ago
Just looked at this again. One of my favorites on the site.
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rikkor
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posted 269 days ago
This is a nice piece.
-- Maplewood, MN
mrtrim
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posted 269 days ago
exellent work peter , nice design great craftsmanship
Lee A. Jesberger
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posted 214 days ago
Hi Peter;
Great looking piece! Easy to see why you have repeat clients.
Lee
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Peter O
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posted 213 days ago
Thanks again for all the positive comments! This was a fun piece to build (both times – the first was 95% complete when the shop burned), and is one of my favorite portfolio items.
-- Coffee is best with a fine layer of sawdust on top. -- http://www.north40custom.com
Michael Brailsford
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posted 67 days ago
That is some fine work.
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